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North Yorkshire County Council has defended its strategy to create numerous companies to generate funding for frontline services after a report revealed the tax-payer backed ventures had been hit hard by Covid-19. The authority’s leader […]

An on-demand bus service that allows users to choose when and where they want to travel, will be piloted in the Bedale area. YorBus will be run by North Yorkshire County Council and will allow […]

A proposal to build a £10m  “mega industrialised” free range egg farm over open countryside has seen an unprecedented reaction, with  12,500 people signing a petition against it and villagers hiring consultants to battle the proposal. […]

Two men were arrested in Thirsk last night on suspicion of drug offences. North Yorkshire Police said officers from the proactive drugs team, Operation Expedite, became concerned about the manner of driving of a car […]

North Yorkshire politicians have paid tribute to leading Conservative Party figure and racehorse owner Linda Folwell, who has died just days before her 72nd birthday. Friends of Ms Folwell said she had continued working in […]

A “small number” of cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19 have been discovered in North Yorkshire, it has been confirmed. The number of cases and their locations have not been revealed at this time […]

A campaign urging visitors and local residents to #DiscoverHambleton has been launched. #DiscoverHambleton is a digital communications campaign which consists of a Facebook and Twitter feed, which from today will be populated with information on […]

Northallerton’s history is to be celebrated with an imaginative new arts trail thanks to a £75,000 grant from Historic England. The town is one of nine Yorkshire High Street Heritage Action Zones to be awarded […]